I was vying for favor with four big daddy

Chapter 530 The Most Popular Candy
"Listen clearly."

Officials, big and small, whether civil servants or generals, all answered in unison obediently like three-year-old children.

"So……"

Tangtang glanced around at everyone, and continued after a long time:
"That day, in front of Ishikawa's head, why didn't any of you tell me, not a single thing?"

Everyone was so frightened that they quickly fell to their knees and kowtowed: "His Royal Highness makes atonement, and the ministers are terrified."

Tangtang sneered, "Afraid?"

"You are more courageous than the sky. You deceived the emperor and the crown prince, and the hundreds of thousands of people in Sichuan Province don't pay attention to it. Why do you have any fear?"

Cold sweat broke out on everyone's head.

Now they don't even know how to beg for mercy, and they are afraid that if the Crown Princess is angry, their end will be exactly the same as that of Ishikawa.

The meeting hall was extremely quiet, and someone's sweat falling from the top of their head could be heard clearly on the floor tiles.

The atmosphere is getting more and more tense, like a taut bowstring, getting tighter and tighter, tighter and tighter...

At the moment when it was about to collapse, Tangtang spoke: "You, tell me, why did you hide it from me?"

She was referring to the middle-aged man who knelt first among the civil servants, the counselor of the governor's yamen.

The man wiped the sweat off his brow:
"Returning to Your Highness, minister, minister is serving as a counselor next to the governor, although he has not participated in his business, but he is on a job after all, minister, minister has difficulties..."

"So between the superior and the monarch, the Counselor chose the superior?"

The counselor's face immediately turned pale, and he kowtowed desperately: "Your Highness, there are old and young..."

"The old mother is eighty this year, the beautiful wife is eighteen this year, and the son and daughter are as beautiful as flowers, just waiting for the counselor to earn money to support the family?"

Tangtang scratched his ears: "I have memorized these reasons fluently, so I dragged Mr. Counselor out to play [-] boards."

Amidst the counselor's miserable begging for mercy, she pointed to a military general again: "You, come and listen to me by telling me some funny reasons."

The general was wearing armor, his face was the same color as the armor, and he held back for a long time before he could say:
"The last general is a general, who trains troops outside the city all the year round, and he doesn't know that they are doing this kind of thing."

Tangtang seemed very strange: "You don't know, so I can't know?"

"You are very courageous. Come here, fork out, practice all the year round, you should be in good health, hit forty!"

One Wen and one Wu lay side by side outside the meeting hall, the sound of punishment was pressed on the heads of the officials, and they all wanted to get into the floor tiles.

Tangtang listened for a while, and then asked: "There are so many people kneeling, there must be one who understands the truth, one by one, I have plenty of time."

"It's good, I'll let you go home to eat and drink at dawn, but if it's not good, I will spend time with you."

"Yeah, just a reminder—"

Tangtang patted herself on the small shoulder: "I have a phoenix bone in my body, so it's okay if I don't eat or drink for a year or so, why don't all the adults open a valley together?"

All officials: "..."

Bigu health, you also have to eat, drink, medicine and food, can you starve?
Besides, whoever can make bigu for a year and a half will become a master long ago, right?
Someone cried in a low voice: "The law does not blame the public, His Highness is too cruel and harsh..."

"Is this palace too ruthless?"

Tangtang's hearing ability is excellent, among so many people, she can immediately distinguish the one who is talking nonsense, and she turns to Tang Bi, "Who is this person?"

"Returning to Your Highness, it is the Dudu Mansion Governor Liangyou who joined the army."

"So it's for the general, no wonder you're outspoken," Tangtang beckoned a palace servant to come in, "Have the people outside left?"

"Return to His Highness, not yet, waiting for justice from His Highness."

Tangtang nodded: "Take this right soldier out and give it to the common people. By the way, let the common people read about the grain supervision situation in the last six months."

After the palace people and the forbidden army took this You Canjun out, they came back in the blink of an eye:
"Returning to His Highness, You Canjun was carried away by the Lang Zhong after one of his legs was broken by the civilians and he vomited blood continuously."

As if the meeting hall was frozen by ice, Tangtang deliberately asked:
"Why was he beaten? Didn't he train troops outside the city all the year round, and did he still have enemies in the city?"

"This You Canjun, relying on himself as the governor's confidant, took advantage of the opportunity of military training to occupy a lot of common people's fields and build houses."

"The common people went to the magistrate's office to file a complaint, and their legs were broken by them, and their families were ruined."

Tangtang nodded: "My lords, have you ever done such sneaky things, is there anything out of conscience, why don't you also go out and confront the common people."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me—"

Many officials cried and shouted, kowtowed their heads incessantly, no longer dared to hide anything, and honestly confessed all the bad things they had done.

This explanation continued until noon the next day. Many officials were hungry and sleepy, and almost collapsed.

After finally finishing speaking, they were collectively brought to the square in front of the meeting hall.

The side door of the palace opened, and many generals in armor walked in. They strode forward, holding weapons, and quickly came to Tangtang.

"The last general Tan Fei of the Xuanwu Camp and the deputy general of the Killing Spirit Camp have met His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager, and His Highness the Crown Prince has ordered—"

Except for Tangtang, the rest of the officials knelt down to obey the order.

"The governor of Chuanzhou prefecture supported his own troops, deceived the emperor and ignored him, dismissed his officials and removed his armor, ransacked his house and closed his household, and sent him to Beijing for a hearing. He ordered Jiang Kai, the deputy general of the Xuanwu camp, to temporarily take the post of governor."

"Another order: During the period of the Xuanwu Army's southern tour of the Sichuan Prefecture, the Emperor Dowager, if they encounter rebellion, assassination, or offend Tianwei, they will be killed on the spot!"

All the officials were scared out of their wits: "...the minister waits for the order."

Watching the officials being taken to the side hall and put under temporary custody, Tangtang then ordered someone to pass on the meal, and then asked Tang Bi:

"Counting the upright and upright people in Chuanzhou Mansion, how many people are left?"

"Three civil servants, seven military generals, all below the sixth rank, seven above the age of 40, and the remaining three have just been in office for less than three years."

"There are four people who have been officials in Chuanzhou Prefecture for 15 years, and their prestige is good. The other six people are all unknown, and the parties will not be offended, and they will take care of themselves alone."

Tangtang said: "Order the cabinet to check their official status and family background. If there is no problem, bring them to the meeting hall to see me in three days."

"Another decree is to be rewarded with food and salary for one year, and those who are outstanding will be promoted to two ranks in succession, and will be posted at the gate of the official yamen together with the notice of punishment."

"Yes."

Tang Bi looked at the side hall and asked softly, "Then them?"

Tangtang stood on tiptoe and waved to the officials: "Adults across the way, how are you, do you want to go home and have a meal?"

The officials who were about to die shouted in unison: "The ministers only want to follow His Highness around, never leave an inch."

Tangtang squinted her eyes in satisfaction: "Brother Tang Bi, I, the most popular Tangtang."

Tang Bi: "..."

(End of this chapter)